The Case of the Abandoned Beer

While walking to the train station last week, my brother noticed an unopened beer can sitting on a low wall. I took the opportunity to explain how Japanese people generally don't touch things that don't belong to them. For example, there's a rusty, partially dismantled bicycle on the a nearby street corner that's been there for over a month, with no sign of it disappearing. A broken bike not going anywhere is one thing, after all, who would want that? On the other hand, I would expect a full, unopened can of beer to be quite the hot commodity. It's been there for over 5 days at this point! I'm very curious to see how long it will last.